331: Chapter 332 Lilia's Venting

Not far behind Kanna, his loyal companion, an adult Ice Dragon Hanshuang with a fifteen-meter wingspan, scales covered in icy blue, and exuding bone-chilling cold, was feigning sleep with closed eyes, faint icy mist puffing from its nostrils. It seemed indifferent to the commotion below; the arrogance of a dragon meant it only needed to unleash its destructive power when its master required it.

This majestic Ice Dragon, and the imposing Dragon Rider Kanna on the high platform, became the revered and longed-for idols in the hearts of all the knights on the training ground at this moment, as well as the source of their fearless confidence—with Dragon Rider Lord present, this battle was sure to be victorious!

However, just as the battle intent reached its peak and Kanna was about to give the order to advance—

An anomaly suddenly occurred!

Above the training ground, the previously empty night sky rippled imperceptibly without warning.

Immediately after, four figures, like phantoms, appeared out of thin air, quietly suspended about thirty meters above the ground, directly above the high platform and Ice Dragon Hanshuang. It was Lin Muyang, Lilia, Gui Wanwan, and Feng Ling. They were still in a state of Divine Concealment, but Lin Muyang deliberately weakened the visual distortion effect on the training ground below, causing their figures to gradually shift from ethereal to clear under the illumination of torches and magic lamps.

"Who goes there?!"

"Enemy attack?!"

"They're in the sky!"

The sudden appearance of the figures caused a momentary commotion on the training ground. Countless astonished, vigilant, and even bewildered gazes simultaneously shot towards the sky. The sentries responsible for vigilance shrieked warnings, and piercing alarm bells instantly tore through the night's tranquility!

Kanna on the high platform reacted extremely quickly. Almost the instant the figures appeared, he had already looked up, his cold gaze, like a tangible blade, locked onto the four uninvited guests in the sky, especially the calm-faced black-haired youth at the very front. Alarm bells rang loudly in his heart! To silently break through the military camp's outer magical defenses and appear directly above the training ground was by no means an ordinary feat! Was it a hidden expert from the Elf Race? Or an assassin from the Iron Dome Empire?

Behind him, Ice Dragon Hanshuang also suddenly opened its massive icy blue dragon eyes, its cold gaze filled with offended rage. A fierce icy dragon's might mixed with killing intent swept towards the four figures in the sky! The surrounding temperature instantly plummeted, and a thin layer of white frost even condensed on the ground.

However, facing the gaze of thousands of eyes below, Kanna's sharp stare, and the terrifying dragon's might of the Ice Dragon, the four figures in the sky seemed oblivious. Especially Lilia, who stood at the very front, holding Lin Muyang's arm; she even wrinkled her delicate nose impatiently, as if the noise and cold below were disturbing her thoughts.

"So noisy," she muttered, then released Lin Muyang's arm and took a small step forward, locking onto the figure on the high platform below, dressed in icy blue armor and appearing to be the leader, as well as the Ice Dragon behind him that exuded an annoying cold aura.

There was no chanting, no complex spellcasting gestures, not even much premonition of energy fluctuations. Lilia simply raised her fair and soft right hand, palm upward, as if to catch a falling snowflake.

The next moment—

Pure, warm, milky-white radiance, as if containing the power of life itself, quietly bloomed from her palm! The light was not dazzling, yet it carried an indescribable sense of holiness and purification, instantly dispelling the cold brought by the Ice Dragon, and even calming the heat generated in the hearts of many knights below due to battle intent and killing intent.

However, within this sacred radiance, the ultimate destruction was contained!

"Holy Light Meteor."

Lilia's red lips slightly parted, uttering four crisp syllables.

Buzz!

The milky-white halo in her palm suddenly contracted, then burst forth! It transformed into two light arrows, only as thick as an arm but condensed to the extreme, flowing with golden runes, detaching from her palm and shooting straight towards the targets below—Dragon Rider Kanna and the Ice Dragon Hanshuang behind him—at a speed beyond the limits of visual capture!

Fast! Too fast! From Lilia raising her hand to the light arrows shooting out, the entire process took less than a tenth of a second! Kanna below only had time to push his Battle Qi to its limit, and Ice Dragon Hanshuang merely raised its head, icy blue light flickering in its throat, its dragon breath not yet spewed out—

Poof! Poof!

Two faint, almost negligible sounds, like bubbles bursting.

Two sacred light arrows precisely hit their targets. One submerged into Kanna's hastily raised Frost Scar Sword, and the other shot into the Ice Dragon Hanshuang's newly opened maw.

Time, at this moment, seemed to freeze.

Kanna's face was frozen in an expression of shock, anger, and disbelief. His longsword, Frost Scar, began to melt and vaporize silently from where it was struck by the light arrow, like ice and snow in the sun! This was followed by his arm, armor, torso... his entire being, along with a corner of the high platform he sat upon, rapidly became transparent and ethereal in that warm, sacred white light, finally transforming into basic light particles and completely dissipating into the air, leaving no trace, as if he had never existed in this world.

And the Ice Dragon Hanshuang behind him met an identical fate. The instant the Holy Light arrow entered its mouth, its massive body stiffened abruptly, its icy blue dragon eyes filled with extreme terror and bewilderment. Then, from inside its oral cavity, warm white light emanated through its body!

The dragon's icy blue scales, tougher than refined steel, its resilient muscles, and hard bones, were like fragile tissue before that white light, rapidly purified, decomposed, and turned into nothingness! In just one breath, that majestic adult Ice Dragon, exuding terrifying cold, was completely erased as if by an eraser from a picture, vanishing without even a whimper.

In its place, only a smooth, as if purified by the purest energy, trace remained on the high platform, and a faint, serene yet chillingly sacred aura lingered in the air.

Dead silence.

Absolute dead silence, like the deepest nightmare, enveloped the entire bustling training ground.

Three thousand Griffin Knights, officers of all ranks, camp guards... everyone was frozen in place as if under a spell, eyes wide to their limit, mouths agape unconsciously, their expressions rapidly transforming from initial astonishment to unparalleled horror, bewilderment, and finally settling into a blank stare.

Wha... what happened?

One of the Empire's strongest Dragon Riders, Lord Kanna, along with his powerful companion Ice Dragon Hanshuang... right before their eyes, were evaporated by that suddenly appearing Elf Maiden, with two warm white lights, simply by raising her hand?

No explosion, no screams, no blood and gore, not even a single trace of residue. They just vanished? Completely and utterly erased from this world?

"Wooo—woooowooo—!!!"

After a brief dead silence, an even more shrill, more frantic, and utterly terrified war horn sounded, like the wail of a dying beast, echoing madly throughout the entire military camp, and then spreading like a plague towards the sleeping imperial capital nearby!

The imperial capital of the Canglan Empire, at this moment, was completely awakened from its slumber, plunging into unprecedented turmoil, chaos, and bottomless fear!

The imperial capital of the Canglan Empire, this magnificent metropolis that had stood on the Velos Continent for hundreds of years, transformed from a sleeping lion into an exploding anthill in just a few minutes. First came the terrifying energy fluctuations and shrill horns from the direction of the military camp outside the city, followed by the sudden outburst of soul-shaking sacred radiance... a series of anomalies, like heavy hammers, brutally shattered the tranquility of the imperial capital's night.

Piercing alarm magic shrieked from the tops of magic towers throughout the city, and red alert lights dyed half the sky an ominous color. Garrison troops stationed in various parts of the city, noble private soldiers, and remnants of the Royal Knights all awoke from their sleep, hastily grabbed their weapons, poured into the streets, and stared bewildered and terrified towards the Imperial Palace and military camp.

The streets were in chaos. Civilians fearfully closed their doors and windows, huddling inside, trembling, unsure of what was happening. Merchants and adventurers hid in taverns or inns, perking their ears, trying to piece together the truth from the chaotic shouts and sporadic information from magic transmissions.

However, the instigator of all this was currently at the very center of the storm—the Canglan Empire's Imperial Palace, the Hall of Political Affairs.